Blue Wildebeest

It is a wonderful place Gina!

I've been there. It's amazing!

You really had a very valuable experience!
BTW thanks for the info on the elephants.
I am assuming that the game wardens are around to see that do not suffer too much when they are dying of starvation. That is a kind of slow death!
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I seem to recall that the area was the site of a huge volcano that imploded a few million years ago. I'm sure he did tell us a lot more info but the only notes I took were on the wildlife!

When you were in the Serengeti did the tour guide tell you about the history of it?
Thanks for sharing you experience .it's great to hear it from somebody who has been there,

Yes, we spent a couple of days at Lake Manyara reserve, 3 days in Serengeti & a day in Ngorongoro. Before that we did a 5 day trek to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,344 ft) the highest mountain in Africa, which was an awesome experience!

Wild Life has it hard!
Did you see the Serengeti too?

I think it's about 100 miles from Serengeti but the road was terrible so the drive took about 4 hours. On of the really cool things about Ngorongoro is because it is a crater, the herds in there don't migrate so you get to see the wildebeest & zebra all year round. It's also a bit of an elephant graveyard as the old bull elephants go there once they are on the their last set of teeth (elephants have 6 sets that last about 10 years each) because the vegetation down there is very lush so it's easier for them to chew & digest. Once the last teeth wear out they basically starve so there are lots of elephant skulls around which was kind of eerie.

It is part of the Serengeti or is it near the Serengeti?

It's a really amazing place. There is just so much wildlife & it is really peaceful because they limit the number of visitors.

it's awesome that you could see the Ngorongoro crater.